Living and Learning: Parent/carer workshops Staying Safe themed week
Thank you to all the parents/carers who have signed up to the workshops on offer next week during our Staying Safe themed week.
There are a few places left if you would like to come along.
Living Streets new badge design competition
We are proud to work with Living Streets to support our aim for active and safe travel to and from school.
WOW is Living Streets’ year-round walk to school challenge and every day our pupils log their daily journeys to school on the WOW Travel Tracker. Those that make an active (walk, bike, scoot or park and stride) journey to school at least once a week for a month earn a WOW badge. There are 11 to collect across the year all of which have been designed by pupils in their annual badge design competition.
Living Streets are now asking for our pupil’s help to design a new badge. Details will be sent home shortly but take a look for some more information. Return your badge designs to your class teacher or the office.
Can you draw an elephant?
In Year Three, have some super-talented artists!
We started our art session today with an appreciation of other people’s art. We discussed the visual and tactile elements within art; specifically commenting on line, form, colour and pattern.
We then progressed to discussing the types of lines we use. We focused on how we could create a thick or thin line by using varying pressure with our pencil. We discussed the need to be able to correct our sketches and agreed to use light, faint lines when sketching elephants. Have a look at the results, below:
Maths
In Maths, we have moved on to division of a 2 digit number by a 1 digit number.
So far, we had been using our times tables and partitioning knowledge to solve questions such as: 66 ÷ 3 = ? Or 44 ÷ 4 = ?
We have been using Base 10 and counters to support this learning; see pictures how we do this, below:
1. 46 ÷ 2 = 23:
2. 99 ÷ 3 = 33:
Today, we took a leap forward and looked at division where we need to reorganise our number (shown in 10s and 1s counters) in order to be able to divide and share into equal groups. For example: 48 ÷ 3 = ?.
First, we made 48:
Then, we exchanged one 10 for ten 1s. We discussed that these have the same value so we are still showing 48 in total:
We were then able to share 48 into three equal groups:
We counted up how many counters were in one group, and had our answer.
For a quick video on the formal, written calculation that we are working towards, please check out this link for more information. Any extra times tables practise (2s/5s/10s/23/4s/8s) you can do at home will support your child’s learning in class – especially division!
Great Maths, Year Three!
Show and Tell us about your secret talents!
On Wednesday, we had a fantastic Show and Tell session where members of the class shared their secret talent: a form of sign language. We discussed who and why people need to understand and communicate in sign language. Some members of our class made links and gave examples that linked to their own lives. Have a look at the code, below:
Some of the pupils even had a message for you, reading this class news post! See if you can interpret the message, below:
The first letter of the word:
The second letter of the word:
The third and fourth letter of the word:
And the fifth letter of the word:
Ask your child if you’ve cracked our message!
Living and Learning
Our Living and Learning statement this week is: I know what a drug is. Today, we were lucky enough to have a visit from d:side to learn lots about smoking and the drug that is found inside cigarettes. We learnt lots about smoking, how it affects our bodies and the law concerning smoking.
First we found out about public places, like school, train stations and coffee shops. We learnt that smoking isn’t allowed in these places as smoke can drift over and therefore we can breathe it in without even realising. We learnt this can be called passive smoking – where you breathe it in accidentally. It can also be called second-hand smoking.
We talked about all the things adults can do to prevent second-hand smoking. Some suggestions, from Year Three, included: Adults can smoke outside and we can go outside for fresh air with permission from our parents.
We then learnt what a cigarette is and what is inside a cigarette.
The class learnt that the drug inside a cigarette is called nicotine. Can they tell you what other harmful substances can be found inside a cigarette?
We also learnt about e-cigarettes, what they are and that they still contain the dangerous drug Nicotine.
How can smoking affect the body? We learnt that smoke follows the same journey as fresh air does when we breathe in; it goes into the lungs. Can your child give you any of the following affects that smoking can have on the body?
- It rots the teeth; teeth can go yellow or drop out.
- You can develop a cough.
- The tips of your fingers can be stained yellow.
- Tar can turn the colour of lungs – a healthy pink – to a grey/black. This makes it difficult to breathe.
- Blood can become thicker which makes the heart’s job of pumping the blood harder and even damage the heart.
Well done for being such brilliant listeners, Year Three!
Gymnastics
On Monday morning, we had another brilliant session of gymnastics. We worked on our balance and coordination skills. See some pictures, below:
I wanted to say a big well done to Year Three for being so focused on their learning during this week’s Gymnastics. Great job, Year Three!
Staying Safe themed week 04 February
Our next whole school themed week, based around Staying Safe, will be taking place from Monday 04 February 2019. The key message is how to be safe in a range of situations – at home, at school, online and in the environment.
A variety of events and visitors are planned to help us deliver this key aspect of education including road and scooter safety (Leeds City Council); water safety (Canal and River Trust and RNLI); bike maintenance (Edinburgh Bicycle Co-operative); staying safe around dogs (Dogs Trust) and e-safety (One Day Creative and d:side). Some of the events require parental permission and these letters have been sent out separately. There are also some opportunities for parents and carers, from all year groups, to get involved in the week. Please contact the office to reserve places.
*THIS WEEK* Thursday 24 January 2:30pm – 3:15pm d:side drug education information session
A representative from d:side, a health education provider, will be running an information session about drug education.
Monday 04 February 2:30-3.15pm One Day Creative, creative education provider, e-safety workshop
Wednesday 06 February Edinburgh Bicycle Cooperative Dr Bike event
Bring your bike for a free bike safety check, from 8:30am – no need to book.
Thursday 07 February 2:30-3.15pm First aid workshop
A representative from Leeds Beckett University, will be running a first aid workshop for parents and carers.
The themed week is a good opportunity to continue to think about healthy, active ways to travel to school. Children are encouraged to travel to school in a sustainable way, keeping safe along the way.
Finally, can you help? Does your job involve an aspect of safety? If you are able to support our Staying Safe themed week by coming into school, please contact Mrs Taylor via the school office.
We will keep you up to date about events during the week through Twitter and the class news pages on our website.
Thank you for your support to keep Moortown a happy, healthy and safe school.
After-school club availability
There’s still time to sign up to our Spring term after-school clubs starting next week.
Please contact the office if you would like to book a place on any of the following clubs which currently have spaces available.
Monday
| Love of reading club
Do you enjoy stories? Join Mrs Charlesworth and delve into books, get into the characters and listen to stories. Share your own favourite stories too. This club finishes at 4.15pm. There are no sessions on Monday 28 January 2019 or Monday 11 February 2019. |
Y1, Y2, Y3 | £12 |
| Netball
Come and learn the skills and techniques of netball in this fun club. Organised by Mrs Taylor and Miss Rushbrooke. This club finishes at 4.15pm. There are no sessions on Monday 11 February 2019 or Monday 04 March 2019. |
Y3, Y4,
Y5, Y6 |
£6 |
Tuesday
| Dance
Join Miss Marsden to learn fun dance routines to perform at a dance festival in April 2019. This club finishes at 4.15pm and continues until Tuesday 23 April 2019. There is no session on Tuesday 12 February 2019. |
Y1, Y2,
Y3 |
£9 |
| Basketball
Come and learn the skills and techniques of basketball in this fun club. Organised by City of Leeds Basketball Club. This club finishes at 4.15pm. There is no session on Tuesday 12 February 2019. |
Y3, Y4, Y5,Y6 | £7 |
Wednesday
| Gymnastics
A fun way to keep fit while learning new skills. Organised by Leeds Gymnastics Club. This club finishes at 4.15pm. |
Y1, Y2,
Y3, Y4, Y5 |
£8 |
Thursday
| Mindfulness
Join Miss Marsden and try a range of mindfulness techniques, both creative and physical. This club finishes at 4.15pm. |
Y1, Y2, Y3 | £8 |
What is a drug?
In Living and Learning, as taken from our long term plan, we will be focusing on drug education for the next two weeks.
Our first statement for this learning is, I know what a drug is.
Our definition of a drug refers to a substance people take to change the way they feel, think or behave. The word ‘drug’ includes:
- All legal drugs, including tobacco, alcohol, solvents and volatile substances, misused medicines and legal highs
- All illegal drugs
- Prescribed and over-the-counter medicines
On Thursday and Friday of this week, we welcome d:side, a health education provider, to school to deliver drug education workshops to each class as part of this learning.
Parents and carers are invited to come to an information session, led by d:side, on Thursday 24 January from 2:45-3:15pm. Please inform the office if you would like to attend.
